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The Resource God is round : tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game, (ebook)
God is round : tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game, (ebook)
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The item God is round : tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game, (ebook) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
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- Summary
- On a planet where FIFA has more members than the United Nations and the World Cup is watched by more than three billion people, football is more than just a game. As revered author Juan Villoro argues in this passionate and compulsively readable tribute to the world's favorite sport, football may be the most effective catalyst for panglobal unity at the time when we need it most. (Following global consensus, Villoro uses "football" rather than "soccer" in the book.) What was the greatest goal of all time? Why do the Hungarians have a more philosophical sense of defeat than the Mexicans? Do the dead play football? In essays ranging from incisive and irreverent portraits of Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo, Pele?<U+00fc>, Zidane, and many more giants of the game to entertaining explorations of left-footedness and the number 10, Juan Villoro dissects the pleasure and pain of football fandom. God Is Round is a book for both fanatics and neophytes who long to feel the delirium of the faithful
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9781632060778
- Label
- God is round : tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game
- Title
- God is round
- Title remainder
- tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On a planet where FIFA has more members than the United Nations and the World Cup is watched by more than three billion people, football is more than just a game. As revered author Juan Villoro argues in this passionate and compulsively readable tribute to the world's favorite sport, football may be the most effective catalyst for panglobal unity at the time when we need it most. (Following global consensus, Villoro uses "football" rather than "soccer" in the book.) What was the greatest goal of all time? Why do the Hungarians have a more philosophical sense of defeat than the Mexicans? Do the dead play football? In essays ranging from incisive and irreverent portraits of Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo, Pele?<U+00fc>, Zidane, and many more giants of the game to entertaining explorations of left-footedness and the number 10, Juan Villoro dissects the pleasure and pain of football fandom. God Is Round is a book for both fanatics and neophytes who long to feel the delirium of the faithful
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
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- 1956-
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- Villoro, Juan
- Dewey number
- 796.334
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- adult
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- God is round : tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game, (ebook)
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- Color
- multicolored
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781632060778
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Publisher number
- MWT12442253
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- MWT12442253
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- God is round : tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game, (ebook)
- Link
- Color
- multicolored
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781632060778
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Publisher number
- MWT12442253
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- MWT12442253
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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